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medicare and not just the hospitals and the doctors, which is the way the democrats would -- >> nancy pelosi has said, absolutely. she said, look. you know, i can't remember exactly what she called it. she said it is a joke to raise the age of medicare. that doesn't solve anything. he has letters from progressives, so he is, you know, that's already started. and only will continue to rise in terms of headlines. >> could have serious problems with the democratic base as well if he goes too far. candy, the political -- the conservative political action conference now under way, they're hearing from some rising stars in the republican party including marco rubio, rand paul. listen to this. >> just because we believe that life, all life, all human life is worthy of protection at every stage of development does not make you a chauvinist. >> i will stand for our prosperity and our freedom, and i ask everyone who values liberty to stand with me. >> they are two rising stars, these two senators. >> they are. i thought the contrast in the speeches was amazing. you have one of these rising stars way,
medicare and not just the hospitals and the doctors, which is the way the democrats would -- >> nancy pelosi has said, absolutely. she said, look. you know, i can't remember exactly what she called it. she said it is a joke to raise the age of medicare. that doesn't solve anything. he has letters from progressives, so he is, you know, that's already started. and only will continue to rise in terms of headlines. >> could have serious problems with the democratic base as well if he...
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. >> reporter: it's an issue that even nancy pelosi has raised. women have won the right to vote, have broken barriers in education and corporate board rooms, yet -- >> the missing link in all of it is child care, to fully unleash the power of women, which will be very wholesome for our country. >> reporter: this family opted for an au pair. they're fortunate because they're able to work from home sometimes. >> i think the flexibility from work is critical. and for us, it is a total godsend that we have flexibility in our schedules. >> that goes a long way, having a flexible work schedule. one complaint you hear from parents is why is the schedule 8:00 to 3:00, when the work day is 9:00 to 5:00. and some say make the summer a little shorter. >> it can cost $50,000 a year for nannies? >> here in the washington, d.c. area, yes, he can cost a family as much as $50,000. when you figure the salary, you know, they're an employer. if you have a full-time legal nanny here in the united states, you have to pay their share of social security. there's the me
. >> reporter: it's an issue that even nancy pelosi has raised. women have won the right to vote, have broken barriers in education and corporate board rooms, yet -- >> the missing link in all of it is child care, to fully unleash the power of women, which will be very wholesome for our country. >> reporter: this family opted for an au pair. they're fortunate because they're able to work from home sometimes. >> i think the flexibility from work is critical. and for us,...
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one of the most powerful women in the history of american politics shares her thoughts, nancy pelosi speaking to our own candy crowley. >>> and new york city's sugary drink ban stopped hours before it was supposed to take effect. we are standing by for a live news conference with the mayor, michael bloomberg. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. >>> today's release of facebook ceo sheryl sandberg's new book "lean in" is shining a new spotlight on what women want when it comes to career and family. today and tomorrow cnn is doing some special reporting on this very issue. our chief political correspondent, candy crowley, talked about it with the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. she broke her own glass ceiling back in 2007 as the first female house speak
one of the most powerful women in the history of american politics shares her thoughts, nancy pelosi speaking to our own candy crowley. >>> and new york city's sugary drink ban stopped hours before it was supposed to take effect. we are standing by for a live news conference with the mayor, michael bloomberg. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure,...
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candy crowley speaking with nancy pelosi. candy is standing by. and i'll ask the white house press secretary jay carney what's behind the president's change in strategy? my interview with him later this hour as well. but at xerox we've embraced a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. how's that for an encore? chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> getting back to that story, the son-in-law of osama bin laden has been brought to new york city. he's being held and is going to be arraigned in new york court tomorrow not far from the world trade centers. he has now been formally charged with conspiracy to kill u.s.
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why do you think nancy pelosi hung around? a chance to have pelosi be speaker to give the democrats control the house one more time? and the republicans think everything the president says, even when it's not true, the republican calculation is this is all about 2014, about taking the gallow away from our speaker. that is why under no circumstances they agree to a tax increase seven weeks ago. they're not going to give the president a second tax increase now and then get into negotiations where they might get a third one. in a word, that's suicide if you're a republican. >> and that's why the white house probably sort of miscalculated when they came up with this whole sequester deal because it included tax increases, closing loopholes, that republicans would never buy on to. i think the white house is trying to do this, clearly win the 17 seats they would need to take over the house. they're playing against history. usually in the sixth year of a presidency, the president loses seats. the exception to that rule was bill clinto
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the real question is, is why isn't john boehner reaching out to harry reid, sitting down with nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell and hammering out a compromise? >> reporter: but house gop leadership aides wasted no time on hitting the white house for waiting for the last minute. one asking why the president scheduled a meeting friday, "when the sequester hits at midnight on thursday? either someone needs to buy the white house a calendar or this is just a belated farce. they ought to at least pretend to try." that led to some confusion and a bizarre back and forth, not about how to stop the cuts, but about when the cuts take effect. >> the sequester believes, i believe, midnight on the first of march. well, actually, it happens before, because it happens moon midnight. >> what do you mean -- >> no, it begins midnight march 1st. >> reporter: that prompted this tweet from the speaker's spokesman. "white house waits until sequester arrives to call meeting, ten months after house called a plan. then args whether cuts start in morning or at night." here's the real deal, the president does have un
the real question is, is why isn't john boehner reaching out to harry reid, sitting down with nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell and hammering out a compromise? >> reporter: but house gop leadership aides wasted no time on hitting the white house for waiting for the last minute. one asking why the president scheduled a meeting friday, "when the sequester hits at midnight on thursday? either someone needs to buy the white house a calendar or this is just a belated farce. they ought to...
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there's a spending problem but instead, we have president obama calling for raising taxes, we have nancy pelosi, who was saying it's not a spending problem, it's a deficit problem. well, you get deficits by spending too much. steny hoyer was saying it's a pay-for problem. the democrats refuse to acknowledge that washington has a spending problem. we're on the road to greece and europe if we do not address this spending and it's dragging our economy down. it is costing us jobs right now. until we acknowledge there's a spending problem, start making the tough decisions, setting priorities, our economy's not going to grow. that's why it is so important that we have to agree first of all that we're going to reduce the spending, start living within our means. >> i think you would agree this is also a result of both congress and the white house kicking the can down the road one too many times. congresswoman, we have to leave it there today. thank you so much. we're counting you on, ten days out. >> okay. >>> vice president joe biden became pretty animated during a town hall on guns today. listen to h
there's a spending problem but instead, we have president obama calling for raising taxes, we have nancy pelosi, who was saying it's not a spending problem, it's a deficit problem. well, you get deficits by spending too much. steny hoyer was saying it's a pay-for problem. the democrats refuse to acknowledge that washington has a spending problem. we're on the road to greece and europe if we do not address this spending and it's dragging our economy down. it is costing us jobs right now. until...
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entertainment industry, sat down with house democrats on a task force put together by house minority leader pelosi. what's been promoted as a bipartisan effort has yet to include house republicans. this debate has spread from washington to state and local governments. maryland governor martin o'malley's putting together his own proposals to reduce violence. >> there is a sickness in our country. and that sickness is gun violence. >> reporter: new york mayor michael bloomberg, who joined o'malley and other leaders at a summit in baltimore, is putting pressure on the white house and congress. >> enough is enough. it's time for congress and the white house to put public health above special interest politics. >> reporter: the group he co-founded, i mayors against illegal guns, have released a new tv ad calling for gun control. >> enough. >> enough. >> enough. >> a line has been crossed. >> reporter: the nra says the focus should be on mental health issues and violent entertainment, not gun control. and the group's president raised doubts about an assault weapons ban getting through congress. >> you d
entertainment industry, sat down with house democrats on a task force put together by house minority leader pelosi. what's been promoted as a bipartisan effort has yet to include house republicans. this debate has spread from washington to state and local governments. maryland governor martin o'malley's putting together his own proposals to reduce violence. >> there is a sickness in our country. and that sickness is gun violence. >> reporter: new york mayor michael bloomberg, who...
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at least so far as nancy pelosi is concerned. you can see this tape. she obviously has left the meeting. john boehner, the speaker of the house, has also been seen leaving. so what we want to do is find out what is going on here. obviously we have our jessica yellin there and we will talk to her a little later about what she has learned. now, the fiscal cliff and these last-ditch talks is the only game in town. joining me for today's strategy session is roland martin and cnn contributor erick erickson, editor-in-chief of. they are saying, hey, we don't have to compromise. we have more people in congress coming in that are democrats. the president doesn't have to give on that $250,000 top. where do you stand on this? do you think the president does or should compromise up to -- particularly on the tax issue? >> you can't be a democrat and ask republicans to compromise if you don't want to give up something. i think the president clearly understood that. so when he laid the $250,000 out, he gave himself some room because, again, you saw speaker boehner's
at least so far as nancy pelosi is concerned. you can see this tape. she obviously has left the meeting. john boehner, the speaker of the house, has also been seen leaving. so what we want to do is find out what is going on here. obviously we have our jessica yellin there and we will talk to her a little later about what she has learned. now, the fiscal cliff and these last-ditch talks is the only game in town. joining me for today's strategy session is roland martin and cnn contributor erick...
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and the vice president, they're going to meet with house speaker john boehner, minority leader nancy pelosi, senate majority harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell. that is happening this afternoon. jessica yellin is there. jess, what do we know about the president's plan to get everybody in the same room? do we think there's going to be something that comes out of this? >> reporter: well, this is one of those cases where we really are going to have to wait and see, and all the parties involved are also going in with a big question mark. the idea is the expectation by many of the participants in the meeting is that they hope that they will be able to discuss more details about a scaled-down fiscal cliff plan. and maybe that could lead to some sort of agreement ideally for all parties in which all the senators say that they will not filibuster it, and it can go to a vote. and then speaker boehner could, in theory, agree to bring it to a vote on the house floor after the house comes back on sunday. and then we would get all of this behind us before new year's eve. how likely does that
and the vice president, they're going to meet with house speaker john boehner, minority leader nancy pelosi, senate majority harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell. that is happening this afternoon. jessica yellin is there. jess, what do we know about the president's plan to get everybody in the same room? do we think there's going to be something that comes out of this? >> reporter: well, this is one of those cases where we really are going to have to wait and see, and all the...
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does john boehner need nancy pelosi in order to get anything passed? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. no question about it. that became incredibly obvious when he couldn't even get his own republicans to effectively save them from themselves and at least have some political cover by voting to keep tax cuts in place for everybody except millionaires because they said they wouldn't help him with what they call a political ploy. i think that's true but actually talking to people on both sides of the aisle here, because the ball is now in the senate -- the senate's court, the feeling is that if they can kind of break the dam in the senate and if something actually passes, you've already seen over the past two days house republicans saying that they hadn't said before, if the senate passes something, we'll take it up. and if that's the case, the sort of betting is that with the help of the majority of the democrats, probably most of the democrats and maybe, you know, a few dozen or more republicans, that's how it would get passed. but, candy, it's still a big if, as we just witnessed, whet
does john boehner need nancy pelosi in order to get anything passed? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. no question about it. that became incredibly obvious when he couldn't even get his own republicans to effectively save them from themselves and at least have some political cover by voting to keep tax cuts in place for everybody except millionaires because they said they wouldn't help him with what they call a political ploy. i think that's true but actually talking to people on both sides...
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nancy pelosi is still able to lead her caucus. she kept every single democrat, everyone the most moderate, she kept them all in line to not vote for the boehner bill. boehner just can't do it. >> thanks so much. really good to see you dana, ryan, thanks to you both. >>> first tornadoes and now blizzard conditions. we're following several severe weather stories making it difficult for millions of americans. holly is at the world's busiest airport, hartsfield jackson in atlanta. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, joe, it's pretty steady here. it's getting a little bit more crowded as the evening goes on. but i can tell you that some people are heading home after christmas and finding it tough to travel today because of that massive storm barreling through the country. it's wreaking havoc on the roads and in the air. snow, ice and high winds. >> we want to get out. >> it's always scary when you're flying that you'll be stuck in the airport. >> reporter: as massive storm it that left many in the midwest and parts of the sou
nancy pelosi is still able to lead her caucus. she kept every single democrat, everyone the most moderate, she kept them all in line to not vote for the boehner bill. boehner just can't do it. >> thanks so much. really good to see you dana, ryan, thanks to you both. >>> first tornadoes and now blizzard conditions. we're following several severe weather stories making it difficult for millions of americans. holly is at the world's busiest airport, hartsfield jackson in atlanta....
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. >> reporter: house democratic leader nancy pelosi quickly dismissed boehner's remarks as a negotiating maneuver. >> i think they'll come around. it's a tactic. it's a tactic. >> reporter: but you hear a strikingly similar message from other top democratic leaders saying the ball is in the republicans' court. >> we are waiting for some specifics somewhere from our republican colleagues to show that they're serious on negotiations. >> reporter: as the country fast approaches the fiscal cliff, the two sides are talking past each other. democrats say they've laid down their marker hiking tax rates on wealthier americans. and it's up to republicans to propose specific spending cuts they want to entitlement programs. however, republicans say they've offered a concession putting revenue on the table. and they say it's now up to the president and his fellow democrats to feel some pain and propose cuts in medicare and medicaid. confu confusing? we asked senate majority leader harry reid. where's the disconnect? >> i don't understand his brain. so you should ask him, okay. >> from capitol hill t
. >> reporter: house democratic leader nancy pelosi quickly dismissed boehner's remarks as a negotiating maneuver. >> i think they'll come around. it's a tactic. it's a tactic. >> reporter: but you hear a strikingly similar message from other top democratic leaders saying the ball is in the republicans' court. >> we are waiting for some specifics somewhere from our republican colleagues to show that they're serious on negotiations. >> reporter: as the country fast...
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president obama who had nancy pelosi as speaker and reid said don't raise the rates in a down economy. the president says, now, too, looking for that revenue. >> the economy is a little stronger than two years ago. >> i don't know if you've been out there. >> take a look today -- >> a lot of people underemployed, unemployed. half of college students coming out can't find a job. we're at the lowest point of new start-ups in 17 years and the greatest growth to economy and looking to the future, we are in a weak position. >> what about raising it 35 to 37 or 36%? >> you raise that. what's that $31 billion for a year? >> a billion here and there, after a while it's real money. >> you want to find a place to control government spending and raise more revenue. if the goal is raising revenue, when's the best way to do that and protecting the economy? able to gain more revenue closing special loopholes and limiting them and keeping the rate down so you have better job growth, isn't that a better outcome? >> the president says and he makes this point repeatedly, the white house put out a whole
president obama who had nancy pelosi as speaker and reid said don't raise the rates in a down economy. the president says, now, too, looking for that revenue. >> the economy is a little stronger than two years ago. >> i don't know if you've been out there. >> take a look today -- >> a lot of people underemployed, unemployed. half of college students coming out can't find a job. we're at the lowest point of new start-ups in 17 years and the greatest growth to economy and...
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there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find out what was in it, what wasn't in it is a funding mechanism for federal exchanges. many of the states are skipping state exchanges paid for by an employer mandate to either fund health care insurance for employees 50 or more or to pay a fine in effect into a state exchange. the language for funding state exchanges isn't there for the federal exchanges. something like 15 to 20 states now are opting for the federal exchange so there's no funding mechanism. so the house has to revisit this. taxing legislation has to come through the house of representatives. so there's john boehner's mandate. >> now, donna, there's another quote from that article in the cincinnati inquirer i want to show and ask you about. he said in it there are essentially three major routes to repeal the president's law, the court of congressional process, with those routes coming up short, the third and final one becomes more important than ever. do you think that's the message of the last election to try to essentially repe
there was a quirk when they passed the law nancy pelosi said you have to pass the law to find out what was in it, what wasn't in it is a funding mechanism for federal exchanges. many of the states are skipping state exchanges paid for by an employer mandate to either fund health care insurance for employees 50 or more or to pay a fine in effect into a state exchange. the language for funding state exchanges isn't there for the federal exchanges. something like 15 to 20 states now are opting for...
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he joins people like bill clinton, nancy pelosi, ed rendell, new york senator jill brand and republicans talking about it. google hillary clinton 2016 you get more than five million hits. for her part, mrs. clinton insists the answer's no. she's finishing her term as secretary of state. leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to sleep, relax. okay. but what about after that? while hillary clinton has repeatedly said she won't run for president again, this is the same woman who says politics is in her dna. she is after all a clinton. and with a resume that includes secretary of state, senator, first lady, well, a democratic nomination is probably hers for the taking if she wants it. vice president joe biden's keeping the door open to a possible 2016 presidential run although he recently acknowledged it might depend on the economy. a memo to the vice president might also depend on hillary clinton. here's the question, is hillary
he joins people like bill clinton, nancy pelosi, ed rendell, new york senator jill brand and republicans talking about it. google hillary clinton 2016 you get more than five million hits. for her part, mrs. clinton insists the answer's no. she's finishing her term as secretary of state. leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to...
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this is a reporter asking nancy pelosi a question. she made it clear today she wants to remain the democratic leader in the house. >> you, mr. hoyer, all over 70, is your decision to stay onto prohibit younger leadership from moving forward? >> so you're suggesting everybody at the moment step aside? you don't realize that's quite offensive i guess. >> let me start with you, cornell. are you surprised she wants to stay on as minority leader? >> no. i'm not at all. she's been a fantastic leader. she was a fantastic speaker moving through historic things throughout the house without her strong leadership probably would not have gotten done. the house democrats picked up last check eight or nine seats, wolf. and in the end tally we actually got more people voting for house democrats than republicans. and we probably could have taken back the house if the seats weren't so dog gone gerrymander. i don't think it's a surprise she's staying in there. she's a strong leader. she should stay in there. i think the question is a little offensive.
this is a reporter asking nancy pelosi a question. she made it clear today she wants to remain the democratic leader in the house. >> you, mr. hoyer, all over 70, is your decision to stay onto prohibit younger leadership from moving forward? >> so you're suggesting everybody at the moment step aside? you don't realize that's quite offensive i guess. >> let me start with you, cornell. are you surprised she wants to stay on as minority leader? >> no. i'm not at all. she's...
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pelosi and the democrats delivering those votes. i think the democratic position is to come up with a fair and balanced proposal to not raise taxes on the middle class and to not sit back and listen to the republicans talk about robbing the banks when the bush tax cuts robbed us -- >> here's the question, will the democrats go along with cuts and entitlement spending? >> i don't know, wolf. i will be up on capitol hill on thursday. i want to hear from them. i don't want to tell them what to do because i do believe they have a mandate from the american people to basically put everything on the table and to come up with a balanced approach and not listen to the nightmares the republicans are -- >> donna has a point. and i think a lot of republicans agree with barack obama on this. but it's the barack obama who said when the economy's weak, you don't raise taxes on anybody, which is why he intended the bush tax cuts for two more years. but that's not the point. i think you'll find republicans sincere about doing something on the taxes,
pelosi and the democrats delivering those votes. i think the democratic position is to come up with a fair and balanced proposal to not raise taxes on the middle class and to not sit back and listen to the republicans talk about robbing the banks when the bush tax cuts robbed us -- >> here's the question, will the democrats go along with cuts and entitlement spending? >> i don't know, wolf. i will be up on capitol hill on thursday. i want to hear from them. i don't want to tell them...
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boehner, miss pelosi, mr. reid, mr. mcconnell, is to advance the common good. to sit down, to bring to the table all of these issues that we have to face both foreign policy and domestic policy and to advance the common good. i think that's what president obama should do. president bush won i believe -- eric can correct me -- with 284 votes in 2004 and determined he had political capital. the american people right now are more interested in the president, members of congress and others sitting down to advance the common good. >> let me go to ari to weigh-in on that. go ahead, ari, what do you think? >> well, let's look back a little bit. partly let's learn from mistakes. if you remember obama care and on cap and trade or what republicans refer to as tax and trade, those proposals from the president were so polarizing he was deserted by many in his own party. cap and trade became so lethal that they couldn't even get democrats in the senate to take it up. i think the trick to be successful now that we have a republican house, democrat senate and a country hungry
boehner, miss pelosi, mr. reid, mr. mcconnell, is to advance the common good. to sit down, to bring to the table all of these issues that we have to face both foreign policy and domestic policy and to advance the common good. i think that's what president obama should do. president bush won i believe -- eric can correct me -- with 284 votes in 2004 and determined he had political capital. the american people right now are more interested in the president, members of congress and others sitting...
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i interviewed nancy pelosi a little while ago on october 2nd, she was pretty confident that the 25 seats might be possible for the democrats to be the majority, listen to this exchange i had with her. >> i think that we probably have to win more than 25 -- >> can you net 25 seats? >> oh yes. >> what happened? >> she said probably have to win more than 25, and that was because after redistricting, the process put a lot of our members, previously not in a tricky situation, in one. they picked up a lot of legislative chambers and they were able to redraw a lot of lines in our favor, so we lost 17 seats and gained up to 25 seats. >> current projection has 33 new in the house -- >> with several races still to be called. >> it was a problem with candidates? was it a problem with funding? there were predictions that democrats had a strong chance to take back the house. >> they put a phenomenal field of candidates on the field. they really did. they had the resources they needed to win. at the end of the day when you're up against a stacked deck in a district that is skewed toward republicans, i
i interviewed nancy pelosi a little while ago on october 2nd, she was pretty confident that the 25 seats might be possible for the democrats to be the majority, listen to this exchange i had with her. >> i think that we probably have to win more than 25 -- >> can you net 25 seats? >> oh yes. >> what happened? >> she said probably have to win more than 25, and that was because after redistricting, the process put a lot of our members, previously not in a tricky...
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i don't think miss pelosi gets her wish. >> you agree with nancy pelosi's strong conviction that the ghkts can win the majority in the house? >> it's tough, wolf. but we know that the democrats have had to face a very difficult head wind. but, look, i think the democrats will pick up seats in california, pick up seats in illinois, perhaps pick up seats up in the northeast. there are 66 vulnerable republicans out there. if the democrats run a really aggressive campaign, absolutely tie them to the paul/ryan budget and the romney/ryan 47%, i think the democrats can make a lot of significant head where this falls. >> once again vice president joe biden causing a bit of a stir today with these words. i'll play a clip and then we'll discuss. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been "buried." we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> paul ryan reacting very quickly. mitt romney reacting very quickly to biden's comments that the middle class over the past four years,
i don't think miss pelosi gets her wish. >> you agree with nancy pelosi's strong conviction that the ghkts can win the majority in the house? >> it's tough, wolf. but we know that the democrats have had to face a very difficult head wind. but, look, i think the democrats will pick up seats in california, pick up seats in illinois, perhaps pick up seats up in the northeast. there are 66 vulnerable republicans out there. if the democrats run a really aggressive campaign, absolutely...
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. >> we keep hearing nancy pelosi, the minority leader in the house of representatives, the former speaker, she keeps on saying that with romney on the ticket, she thinks the democrats have an excellent chance of picking up those 25 seats and becoming the majority in the house of representatives. >> reporter: we'll see. >> maybe she would be the speaker again. that may be more wishful thinking than reality. but we shall see. she says it with passion. >> reporter: yeah. >> thanks very much. >>> we're waiting to hear from mitt romney by the way. he's getting ready to speak at unlv, the university of nevada in las vegas. you're seeing live pictures there someone speaking before him. but eventually he will go up there. we'll go there. we'll listen in to hear what he has to say. this will be his first appearance since releasing more of his tax information a couple hours or so ago. romney is ending what's been a tough political week putting the focus back on another source of his headaches on the trail is taxes. today the campaign as i said released the 2011 tax returns. earlier they released th
. >> we keep hearing nancy pelosi, the minority leader in the house of representatives, the former speaker, she keeps on saying that with romney on the ticket, she thinks the democrats have an excellent chance of picking up those 25 seats and becoming the majority in the house of representatives. >> reporter: we'll see. >> maybe she would be the speaker again. that may be more wishful thinking than reality. but we shall see. she says it with passion. >> reporter: yeah....
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how bad is your plan when nancy pelosi won't even vote for it? >> go ahead. >> last friday, the romney campaign says they want it to be about the economy. this weekend given the opportunity to explain how he would pay for his $5 trillion tax cut package, neither he or his running mate could do that. instead he stood with pat robertson and announced he was for keeping in god we trust on the coin. what are they presenting for the economy and middle class? >> approve the keystone pipeline. put thousands of americans to work right away. tax reform. repeal obama care. give every state a baver and making adjusted gross income of $250,000 or less, no capital gains taxes. an immediate impact on the middle class america right away. so there are a lot of specifics to the romney plan. we just need to explain them. >> talk about them. those specifics and listen to this from mitt romney in an interview he did with "meet the press" over the weekend. >> give may example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you that people at the high end, high income tax
how bad is your plan when nancy pelosi won't even vote for it? >> go ahead. >> last friday, the romney campaign says they want it to be about the economy. this weekend given the opportunity to explain how he would pay for his $5 trillion tax cut package, neither he or his running mate could do that. instead he stood with pat robertson and announced he was for keeping in god we trust on the coin. what are they presenting for the economy and middle class? >> approve the keystone...
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so you see nancy pelosi there right w. we're covering what's going on here in charlotte, north carolina. this is a state president obama narrowly won four years ago. it's certainly a battleground right now. a new poll may give the democrats fresh cause for concern on this, the eve of the big event. let's begin our coverage with john king. john, tell u us about the new poll. >> as you noted, north carolina was one of the many red states that president obama turned blue in 2008. but here's what greets the democrats as they arrive here. it shows governor romney is leading 47 to 43%. that's within the margin of error. but both campaigns concede that he is ahead at the moment. the obama campaign says this is just about right. now what is driving this? we know the number one issue is the economy. which candidate do you trust to handle the economy? mitt romney getting the majority. the president at only 39%. we're in a southern state here. the republicans tend to do better in the south. many national polls, the president wins. bu
so you see nancy pelosi there right w. we're covering what's going on here in charlotte, north carolina. this is a state president obama narrowly won four years ago. it's certainly a battleground right now. a new poll may give the democrats fresh cause for concern on this, the eve of the big event. let's begin our coverage with john king. john, tell u us about the new poll. >> as you noted, north carolina was one of the many red states that president obama turned blue in 2008. but here's...
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>> i'm sure miss pelosi and mr. hardy would have rebuked them as well like mr. cantor and mr. mccarthy did. i seriously think members of congress need to take a chill pill and look at the approval ratings and start representing the american people better. es pshlly when they travel overseas. >> this is why so many people in the united states, only 10% have a favorable image of congress right now. i keep asking myself, who are the 10%? >> the democrats would have done what the republicans have done. and both parties will rally around their side and keep them in congress, but we could use a little more maturity with $16 trillion in national debt. >> guys, thanks very, very much. a train collapse in toronto leaves passengers stranded inside. we'll let you know what's going on. and in maryland, a bus careens out of control and crashes into a house. we'll update you on that story as well. and we'll also tell you very sad news coming out of los angeles, where a legend of comedy has died. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch
>> i'm sure miss pelosi and mr. hardy would have rebuked them as well like mr. cantor and mr. mccarthy did. i seriously think members of congress need to take a chill pill and look at the approval ratings and start representing the american people better. es pshlly when they travel overseas. >> this is why so many people in the united states, only 10% have a favorable image of congress right now. i keep asking myself, who are the 10%? >> the democrats would have done what the...
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he's called dnc chairman woman, debbie waszerman schultz and said congressman reid and pelosi need to get "the heck out of the united states." i think when it comes to this race for republicans and democrats, the gloves have actually come off, wolf. >> certainly a brutal ad. lisa, thanks very much. let's dig a bit deeper. joining us now in our strategy session, cnn contributor, republican strategist alex castellanos. and on the phone democratic strategist and n political contributor james carville. let me ask you, james, you've been involved in a lot of campaigns. you know about these ads. is this one against allen west over the line? >> obviously this has caused a great deal of controversy. i'm going to refer to my friend alex who actually produces television spots. but i thought the point of a television spot was to be effective as opposed to be controversial. and i think there were ways for this spot to be very effective without being controversial. and, you know, as you have a proliferation of super pacs and the money in politics, the super pacs and ads want to get noticed. someti
he's called dnc chairman woman, debbie waszerman schultz and said congressman reid and pelosi need to get "the heck out of the united states." i think when it comes to this race for republicans and democrats, the gloves have actually come off, wolf. >> certainly a brutal ad. lisa, thanks very much. let's dig a bit deeper. joining us now in our strategy session, cnn contributor, republican strategist alex castellanos. and on the phone democratic strategist and n political...
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i hope they put up nancy pelosi and elizabeth warren thank goodness. i think both conventions rally their bases and let's see what happens. i suspect that independents will be a little more scared of the san francisco liberal comeback at the democratic convention than the pat buchanan comeback. >> donna, ten seconds. >> what's scary, wolf, it's not just letting them speak, it's reaping the republican platform and knowing this is what mitt romney intends to do to the country. i look forward to it. erick, i look forward to going to the convention with you. and i'll buy the first beer if sarah palin is speaking. >> all right, i will be there. i'll be speaking at both of those conventions, but not necessarily to the folks inside that room. thanks very much. awesome. that's how nasa scientists describe new images from mars. stay with us. mid grade dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs g of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through
i hope they put up nancy pelosi and elizabeth warren thank goodness. i think both conventions rally their bases and let's see what happens. i suspect that independents will be a little more scared of the san francisco liberal comeback at the democratic convention than the pat buchanan comeback. >> donna, ten seconds. >> what's scary, wolf, it's not just letting them speak, it's reaping the republican platform and knowing this is what mitt romney intends to do to the country. i look...
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. >> nancy pelosi referred to, uber as a magic carperide. >> reporter: but technology and d.c. politics have met a serious clash. washington is a taxi town. and the drivers feel threatened. >> the guy that owns uber lives in san francisco, california. >> it's going to cost me money, number one. number two, i feel like i'm going to lose my job. >> reporter: the powerful taxi cab lobby got the city council two weeks ago to consider a measure that would have forced uber to set the minimum fare for a ride five times higher than that of taxis. consumers went ballistic. >> i've received over 5,000 e-mails from people who use this service. >> reporter: the council backed down and will let uber stay the way it is at least until december. but the controversy exposed an ageold problem. technology advances don't benefit everyone. should consumers be forced to pay a price so the earnings of some workers won't be adversely affected? in d.c. the answer for now is a resounding no. as this technology becomes more pervasive, it's likely to impact other industries. case and point, another san fr
. >> nancy pelosi referred to, uber as a magic carperide. >> reporter: but technology and d.c. politics have met a serious clash. washington is a taxi town. and the drivers feel threatened. >> the guy that owns uber lives in san francisco, california. >> it's going to cost me money, number one. number two, i feel like i'm going to lose my job. >> reporter: the powerful taxi cab lobby got the city council two weeks ago to consider a measure that would have forced...
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nancy pelosi having a tough time getting democratic house members to contribute to the democratic party. in june gop lawmakers gave as much as three times as much money as democrats did to their respective congressional campaign committee. here's the question, why aren't democrats as excited to vote this year? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. i know you're excited, wolf. >> i'm always excited when it comes to covering politics because i'm a political news junkie. i totally agree about admiral mcraven. much more in the next hour and our 6:00 p.m. eastern hour. and we're going to do a special, jack, i want to announce to our viewers right now. saturday 6:00 p.m. the full hour with admiral mcraven. i think our viewers will want to see and get context on what's going on on a whole bunch of issues affecting the u.s. military. jack, thanks so much. >> i can't wait to see it and people ought to get their kids in front of the tv set and make them watch. that's the tradition that this country was built around. men
nancy pelosi having a tough time getting democratic house members to contribute to the democratic party. in june gop lawmakers gave as much as three times as much money as democrats did to their respective congressional campaign committee. here's the question, why aren't democrats as excited to vote this year? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. i know you're excited, wolf. >> i'm always excited when...
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reporter: meanwhile, romney may be getting a lifeline from all people -- former house speaker nans si pelosi said earlier today that too much time in this campaign has been spent on the tax return issue. meanwhile, over in the senate john mccain tells cnn's piers morgan, his team found nothing in the tax returns that would have disqualified romney in his own vice presidential search four years ago. wolf. >> so i take it this notion that we had earlier in the week that a vice presidential running mate could be selected before he heads off to london for the olympic games and then going to israel to meet with the israeli prime minister, it looks like all the vice presidential discussion is now going to have to be delayed until he comes back until after the olympic games are over in mid-august before the republican convention at the end of august in tampa? >> reporter: it looks that way right now, wolf. earlier in the week it looked like the romney campaign may be searching for some kind of way to change the conversation off of all of that talk on bain capital and the tax returns. but then came
reporter: meanwhile, romney may be getting a lifeline from all people -- former house speaker nans si pelosi said earlier today that too much time in this campaign has been spent on the tax return issue. meanwhile, over in the senate john mccain tells cnn's piers morgan, his team found nothing in the tax returns that would have disqualified romney in his own vice presidential search four years ago. wolf. >> so i take it this notion that we had earlier in the week that a vice presidential...
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. >> nancy pelosi, did you want to make another point? >> it is an observation of the obvious. when someone wins re-election, a second term as president, they are not going to be able to serve again. they have more capability and flexibility. they are not going to look to the next election. they are done. much was made of the president's remark at the mike. my sense is that the king is right. i don't think he was endorsing anybody. we need to get about the business of getting peace in the middle east. this president has worked very hard on that. as you know, he had george mitchell working on it for a long while. in my judgment, nobody better than george mitchell. >> he did a great job in northern ireland. >> he has a terrific record in these areas. >> nancy pelosi gave an interview to political. she was asked about a bunch of democrats and said they don't want to show up at the democratic convention in charlotte in september. listen to this. >> we have an incumbent president of the united states. we are very proud of him. there certainly will be enough people there to express t
. >> nancy pelosi, did you want to make another point? >> it is an observation of the obvious. when someone wins re-election, a second term as president, they are not going to be able to serve again. they have more capability and flexibility. they are not going to look to the next election. they are done. much was made of the president's remark at the mike. my sense is that the king is right. i don't think he was endorsing anybody. we need to get about the business of getting peace...
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writes romney's money is no different than the kennedy money, john kerry's money, charlie rangel, nancy pelosi or hollywood money. the rule is liberals are allowed to have money. not conservatives. anyone who has money invested in the stock market know a lot of investments are overseas. too many people listen to the talk and don't do their homework. ruth writes from indiana, it's not the money, it's the low rate of taxes he pays and it's how he got it and where it is now. i would never consider voting for him without a lot more information and tax returns for multiple years. jimmy in north carolina says his money is his business. i'm glad i live in a country where people have the opportunity to make money. how much does lebron make? tigers woods? bill gates? president obama? martha in pennsylvania, no, my problem is he doesn't understand the rest of us don't have any. gary in arizona says i don't, jack, the fact he's rich is his business. some people dislike his wealth overlooks the fact that virtually all american presidents have been among the 1%. you don't get to be president by being a joe
writes romney's money is no different than the kennedy money, john kerry's money, charlie rangel, nancy pelosi or hollywood money. the rule is liberals are allowed to have money. not conservatives. anyone who has money invested in the stock market know a lot of investments are overseas. too many people listen to the talk and don't do their homework. ruth writes from indiana, it's not the money, it's the low rate of taxes he pays and it's how he got it and where it is now. i would never consider...
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reaching out to experts outside the normal political circles, he reached out to the likes of nancy pelosi and barney flank and pulled out the same old tired liberal democrats playbook to try and solve our problems. president obama has proven himself to be a typical politician. promising everything, delivering nothing. indiana writes the change obama delivered has been a huge increase in our national debt, a huge tax increase and the guise of obama care and the worst economy in my memory. larry in texas writes he ended efforts in iraq, got bin laden, passed health care law. all thing considered over the last two years with the republicans main goal to destroy everything in order to defeat him, i give him an a plus. and another, loose change. most people all over the world are now counting their pennies. if you want to read more on the subject, go to the blog cnn.com/caffertyfile. or through our post on "the situation room" facebook page. that concludes the segment. i'm sitting down. >> sit down, please. you are sitting right now. >> i am. >> appreciate it. >>> you're going to stick around.
reaching out to experts outside the normal political circles, he reached out to the likes of nancy pelosi and barney flank and pulled out the same old tired liberal democrats playbook to try and solve our problems. president obama has proven himself to be a typical politician. promising everything, delivering nothing. indiana writes the change obama delivered has been a huge increase in our national debt, a huge tax increase and the guise of obama care and the worst economy in my memory. larry...
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. >> nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york want the threshold to be $1 million, not the $250,000 threshold that the president has been pushing for. brianna keilar is at the white house. thank you. let's dig a little bit deeper with our senior congressional correspondent dana bash and gloria borger. why is the president trying to frame this debate right now? >> because it works for him. and they also understand that summer is the time, when you're heading into a presidential election, when people's notions about who the candidates are really crystallizes. and they believe if they resurrect this fairness argument, which has worked for them in the past, for democrats in particular, and they can portray themselves as on the side of the middle class, on the side of the little guy, in concert with, of course, health care reform, which they're going to try to use in the same way, then they can try to portray mitt romney and his republican party as people who care about the wealthy, and believe in what the president called today
. >> nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house, chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york want the threshold to be $1 million, not the $250,000 threshold that the president has been pushing for. brianna keilar is at the white house. thank you. let's dig a little bit deeper with our senior congressional correspondent dana bash and gloria borger. why is the president trying to frame this debate right now? >> because it works for him. and they also understand that...
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if that's what we want to repeal, we're happy to have the debate. >> reporter: pelosi can afford to be mellow. she and everybody else knows it will never pass a majority senate. speaking of which, mitch mcconnell may be in the minority now, but he happened to mention sunday that november could change things. >> if i'm the leader of the majority next year, i commit to the american people that the repeal of obamacare will be job one. by the way, i think we will also be insisting that we have a vote on obama care again before the election. but in terms of achieving it, it would take a different senate with a different majority leader and a different president. >> which brings us to where the supreme court really sent the health care debate. >> it's beyond congress, the president and the supreme court. the american people will be the judge and jury of this law come november. >> turns out, you can go higher than the high court. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> all right. let's take a look right now at the strategy session. two of cnn political contributors joining me. the democratic strat
if that's what we want to repeal, we're happy to have the debate. >> reporter: pelosi can afford to be mellow. she and everybody else knows it will never pass a majority senate. speaking of which, mitch mcconnell may be in the minority now, but he happened to mention sunday that november could change things. >> if i'm the leader of the majority next year, i commit to the american people that the repeal of obamacare will be job one. by the way, i think we will also be insisting that...
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order to increase the debt ceiling and then we heard something different from minority leader nancy pelosi who said that the president was trying to talk about balance, meaning compromise and maybe some tax increasesas well as some spending cuts. so we're getting differing versions of what was discussed at the meeting. >> the speaker did leave one opening there, brian a that he would not accept any tax rate increases and there would be tax revenue from tax reform, there were loopholes, for example, that's one area that they may be able to get to some sort of agreement. it was six, seven months and not such a long time and it was a tough time during the lame duck session. thanks very much brianna keilar at the white house. over at the u.s. senate they've been spending the day spinning their wheels in heated debates. let's take a closer look on the senate chamber where they're voting on five different plans with no chance of passing. dana bash is watching this unfold. one more reason described as the broken congress. >> the senate will spend the next hour and a half on these votes and they'r
order to increase the debt ceiling and then we heard something different from minority leader nancy pelosi who said that the president was trying to talk about balance, meaning compromise and maybe some tax increasesas well as some spending cuts. so we're getting differing versions of what was discussed at the meeting. >> the speaker did leave one opening there, brian a that he would not accept any tax rate increases and there would be tax revenue from tax reform, there were loopholes,...
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nancy pelosi became the latest to weigh in on hillary's future saying it would be, quote, so exciting to see mrs. clinton run in 2016. new york senator kirsten gillibra gillibrand, donald trump and bill clinton have been among the class of pundits. the coauthor of "game change" said there is a 99.4% chan hillahil chance hillary will run for president in four years. maybe president obama isn't a strong enough advocate for women and hillary clinton might benefit from renewed focus on issues like abortion and birth control. ever the politician, the former president's leaving the door open for his wife to take a run. bill clinton says, quote, i believe she's being absolutely honest when she says she doesn't think she'll go back into politics, but if hillary changes her mind and decides to run for president he would, quote, be happy. for her part, hillary clinton says she doesn't want to serve a second term in the obama administration. pardon me. she wants to finish up as secretary of state and take time to reconnect with family and friends, hit the writing and speaking circuit, et cetera.
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i don't know if you heard today nancy pelosi saying she felt ready to vote for simpson bowles. what a shocking statement. in november 10, the proposal is unacceptable. i don't mind flip-flopping if people are saying they'll work together. optimistic, but not much to hope for today. >> erin, maybe the fact that the congressional approval rating is what? 10%. >> i think you're being generous, gloria. >> could get folks to move to get something done because they have to run for re-election, right? >> i would hope so. one of the frustrating things today on the democratic side is, look, they put out this fact sheet, i don't know if you saw it. fact sheet responding to republican no-budget claims. you say we haven't done a budget in more than 1,000 days. you're wrong. we put out the budget control act which is the same thing. these are all rhetorical games that they're playing and americans want a real budget and a real timeframe with compromise on important issues. i hope we'll get it by the end of the year, but tonight a whole lot of frustration. >> i'll be optimistic with you, eri
i don't know if you heard today nancy pelosi saying she felt ready to vote for simpson bowles. what a shocking statement. in november 10, the proposal is unacceptable. i don't mind flip-flopping if people are saying they'll work together. optimistic, but not much to hope for today. >> erin, maybe the fact that the congressional approval rating is what? 10%. >> i think you're being generous, gloria. >> could get folks to move to get something done because they have to run for...
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you say democrats including nancy pelosi saying where are the women? they were wondering why a person that they wanted on that first panel that was all men was not allowed on. it would have been a georgetown university student speaking in favor of the policy. so overall, the obama administration has, as i pledgesed assuaged some of the middle of the road catholic leaders who i think some of the opposition caught them off-guard, but now this is becoming a very loud battle on capitol hill. you sort of see both sides really playing to their base. republicans see this as an opportunity to really target the president's signature health care reform law. you see democrats making this very much an issue of women's health. this is a debate that will continue. >> it will indeed. thank you so much, brianna keilar at the white house. >>> he made less than most of his rivals, and gave less to charity. we are digging deeper into rick santorum's newly released tax returns. >>> also the tweets attracting attention for the homeland security department. facebook posts,
you say democrats including nancy pelosi saying where are the women? they were wondering why a person that they wanted on that first panel that was all men was not allowed on. it would have been a georgetown university student speaking in favor of the policy. so overall, the obama administration has, as i pledgesed assuaged some of the middle of the road catholic leaders who i think some of the opposition caught them off-guard, but now this is becoming a very loud battle on capitol hill. you...
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dana, you've covered nanny pelosi for a long time. it's a different side of her we're seeing. >> big time. that's what makes it so funny. you normally don't see her doing something like this. as you want, firmly tongue in cheek. but also was a way for them to get attention, as you said, for what they're trying to do. i'm told it was not so, so easy to get her to do it, but i guess they're happy now. what they're trying to do today is reintroduce what they call the disclose act. they can't do anything about the money flooding into politics on either side. what they can do, they say, is force people to have greater transparency. what this bill would do is do things like force corporations who are behind these outside groups to say -- tell their shareholders exactly what they're doing, what they're spending money on. also the top financial contributors, the top five of them, though have to be disclosed. those are some of the things that the democrats are pushing. they don't run the house anymore, so it will be a heavy lift to get this on
dana, you've covered nanny pelosi for a long time. it's a different side of her we're seeing. >> big time. that's what makes it so funny. you normally don't see her doing something like this. as you want, firmly tongue in cheek. but also was a way for them to get attention, as you said, for what they're trying to do. i'm told it was not so, so easy to get her to do it, but i guess they're happy now. what they're trying to do today is reintroduce what they call the disclose act. they can't...
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where's harry reid, nancy pelosi and the president on his state-of-the-union address? pete in florida writes "of course not but they will while each party points its fingers at the other for their incredible dishonesty. incompetence and lack of character. what a charade." you want to read more on this go to my blog, cnn.com/cafferty file or through our post on the situation room's facebook page. >> thanks, jack. thanks very much. see you tomorrow. it's a bird, it's a plane, and no, they're people flying almost. jeanne moos is next. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ will be giving awaycool? passafree copies and that's pretty cool. of the alcoholism & addiction cure. to g
where's harry reid, nancy pelosi and the president on his state-of-the-union address? pete in florida writes "of course not but they will while each party points its fingers at the other for their incredible dishonesty. incompetence and lack of character. what a charade." you want to read more on this go to my blog, cnn.com/cafferty file or through our post on the situation room's facebook page. >> thanks, jack. thanks very much. see you tomorrow. it's a bird, it's a plane, and...
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nancy pelosi's recruiting new faces. you'll meet them in the cnn exclusive. >>> plus, a surprising attack between three political rivals in one of the most heated senate races of the year. ♪[music plays] when you're responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays] a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ metamucil uses super hard working psyllium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol. >>> while the republican candidates are squabbling, democrats are focused on trying to regain ground lost in the last congressional election. and the party retreat in maryland, lawmakers heard words of encouragement from president obama. >> i belie
nancy pelosi's recruiting new faces. you'll meet them in the cnn exclusive. >>> plus, a surprising attack between three political rivals in one of the most heated senate races of the year. ♪[music plays] when you're responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays] a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the...
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. >> nancy pelosi -- >> in his campaign running the kind of negative ads one left to a pro-romney super pac. this cites nancy pelosi's interview with cnn's john king earlier this week. >> there's something i know. >> reporter: when she said she was holding on to damaging information. >> information so damaging it would help obama win. newt gingrich, we can't afford the risk. >> i think all the way to this negative advertising has hurt us some. >> reporter: he's still fighting off charges from romney. now the former speaker is trying to tie romney to florida's foreclosure crisis, pointing to rivals' past investments. >> i am running as president to represent you, not to represent the washington lobbyists, not to represent goldman sachs, not to represent the people ruining this country and i need your help. >> reporter: the former speaker fending off another attack. it shows nancy reagan praising gingrich. >> barry goldwater handed the torch to ronnie, and in turn ronnie turned that torch over to newt and the republican members of congress to keep that dream alive. >> reporter: all week t
. >> nancy pelosi -- >> in his campaign running the kind of negative ads one left to a pro-romney super pac. this cites nancy pelosi's interview with cnn's john king earlier this week. >> there's something i know. >> reporter: when she said she was holding on to damaging information. >> information so damaging it would help obama win. newt gingrich, we can't afford the risk. >> i think all the way to this negative advertising has hurt us some. >>...
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that would be newt gingrich and nancy pelosi. last night cnn's john king asked nancy pelosi about gingrich. listen to her response and gingrich's rebuttal. >> let me just say this. that will never happen. >> why? >> he will not be president of the united states. that's not going to happen. let me make my prediction and stand by it. it isn't going to happen. >> reporter: why are you so sure? >> there's something i know. the republicans, if they choose to nominate him, that's their prerogative. i don't think that's going to happen. >> i have a simple challenge for speaker pelosi, put up or shut up. i have no idea what she's talking about. i don't think she has any idea what she's talking about. but bring it on. >> all right. let's get to aural strategy session and discuss with democratic strategist jamal simmons, and alice stewart, former spokeswoman for michele bachmann. jamal does she know something that could derail the opportunity for newt gingrich to become president? that's what she's now repeatedly hinting. >> it certainly s
that would be newt gingrich and nancy pelosi. last night cnn's john king asked nancy pelosi about gingrich. listen to her response and gingrich's rebuttal. >> let me just say this. that will never happen. >> why? >> he will not be president of the united states. that's not going to happen. let me make my prediction and stand by it. it isn't going to happen. >> reporter: why are you so sure? >> there's something i know. the republicans, if they choose to nominate...
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the wall street big bank bailout, which i did not, and you have newt sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi on global warming and mitt romney supporting a former cap in trade. if we need the tea party to get excited about our candidate, the very existence of the tea party was motivated by three issues that our candidates are on the same side as barack obama. that's a very bad way to start a general election. >> you have within ad that says mitt romney is just like obama. you obviously approved that ad. >> absolutely. >> he's just like obamma? >> he put the plan together. it's blown it's added $8 billion to health care costs in massachusetts, which all had to be paid for. guess what? they've had increased taxes by $8 billion. yes, you did, because you dramatically expanded spending when taxes went up, in addition to the taxes he raised. if you look at romney care, compared to obama care, it's the same model. >> can mitt romney beat president obama in november? >> i'm hoping any republican can beat barack obama, but there's two issues. who has the best chance? the idea that the political situ
the wall street big bank bailout, which i did not, and you have newt sitting on the couch with nancy pelosi on global warming and mitt romney supporting a former cap in trade. if we need the tea party to get excited about our candidate, the very existence of the tea party was motivated by three issues that our candidates are on the same side as barack obama. that's a very bad way to start a general election. >> you have within ad that says mitt romney is just like obama. you obviously...
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credentials, questioning what he did when he was speaker of the house and his relationship with nancy pelosi. all of these things play into the mix here in iowa because there are a lot of voters who are very conservative. they want to see the most electable conservative going up against barack obama in november, hala. >> well, most of the gains, as we've seen there from that poll for santorum have come from born agains and evangelicals. he's worked tirelessly, as well, across the state and it's paid off for him. >> well, it certainly has. i'm one of the people in the camp asking, what took him so long? he's gone to 99 counties. every single county here in iowa and some places he's gone twice and he's held events there. he's really connected with a lot of those evangelicals and social conservatives. he speaks their language. so, some people were suggesting he was actually underperforming in the polls and now you sort of see the fruits of it going from 5% in the polls all the way up to 16%. putting him in second place. a lot of people suggesting he's surging right now just a few days away from
credentials, questioning what he did when he was speaker of the house and his relationship with nancy pelosi. all of these things play into the mix here in iowa because there are a lot of voters who are very conservative. they want to see the most electable conservative going up against barack obama in november, hala. >> well, most of the gains, as we've seen there from that poll for santorum have come from born agains and evangelicals. he's worked tirelessly, as well, across the state...
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really going after newt gingrich showing pictures of him on that bench with nancy pelosi. that could be pretty biting in a republican contest. is this a good idea or bad idea on the part of mitt romney? >> they've observe concluded it's their only strategies to knock him down with three weeks to go in iowa. i think it's not a bad idea, but i think what is not good is when the candidate himself calls newt zany and talks about his bill at tiffany's. romney's strength is to be a not particularly uncivil person, so when he grovels around like that, it's not helpful, but all's fair in love and war and the spots aren't fair. they're not untrue. >> is is it a smart strategy to really start hammering? he's been hammering every single day almost. at one point "the new york times" interview suggesting that newt gingrich is zany. >> it looks like the big beneficiary of romney and newt going at each other is going to be ron paul in iowa. we've seen that before in races where the two front-runners end up canceling each other out. i think that mitt romney's not going to be so successful
really going after newt gingrich showing pictures of him on that bench with nancy pelosi. that could be pretty biting in a republican contest. is this a good idea or bad idea on the part of mitt romney? >> they've observe concluded it's their only strategies to knock him down with three weeks to go in iowa. i think it's not a bad idea, but i think what is not good is when the candidate himself calls newt zany and talks about his bill at tiffany's. romney's strength is to be a not...
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and taking cover from mitt romney, who's fired off this web ad featuring the former speaker and nancy pelosi. a barack obama's plan isn't workinwork i ing. >> little more than a day after gingrich called on his former contenders to steer clear of negative attacks, romney blasted away to the "new york times." >> zany is not what we need in a president. zany is great in a campaign. it's great on talk radio. it's great in the print. it beats, makes for fun reading, but in terms of the president, we need a leader. >> other republicans are piling on. andrew brightwar posting clips online. sh showing gingrich praising roosevelt. >> fdr is a greatest pr practitioner of government. >> the clips could be just a anecdote romney needs, when then governor of massachusetts cast himself as a centrist. >> i'm someone who is moderate and my views are progressive. >> romney is making his own appeal to tea partiers. she seemed to botch a question from cnn on whether romney is a consistent conservative. >> you know, that's one of the things i like about him because he's been consistent since he changed his min
and taking cover from mitt romney, who's fired off this web ad featuring the former speaker and nancy pelosi. a barack obama's plan isn't workinwork i ing. >> little more than a day after gingrich called on his former contenders to steer clear of negative attacks, romney blasted away to the "new york times." >> zany is not what we need in a president. zany is great in a campaign. it's great on talk radio. it's great in the print. it beats, makes for fun reading, but in...
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he's partisan, but this is someone who did tv ads to combat global warming with nancy pelosi. so, you know, i think a lot is going to happen before the nomination process comes and i'm not even sure newt is going to qualify to get on the ballots he needs to get on in order to win the nomination. >> i assume he's hoping to have it wrapped up after the first four of five contests, but we'll see if he can do that. and paul, let me point out these debates. there are two schedules right now, republican debates this month. the third, donald trump, a news max debate. only two candidates. newt gingrich and rick santorum have agreed to participate. as i told him yesterday, that's not going to be much of debate. everybody dropping out and saying they're not interested. maybe it won't happen, but what does it say to you about donald trump, that only two of the republican candidates agreed to join him december 27th in iowa? >> i watched your interview with him yesterday and it was riveting. donald trump brings eyeballs. he is a consummate showman. i thought what he did with the birth cert
he's partisan, but this is someone who did tv ads to combat global warming with nancy pelosi. so, you know, i think a lot is going to happen before the nomination process comes and i'm not even sure newt is going to qualify to get on the ballots he needs to get on in order to win the nomination. >> i assume he's hoping to have it wrapped up after the first four of five contests, but we'll see if he can do that. and paul, let me point out these debates. there are two schedules right now,...